Arms imports at constant USD prices from 1990 reached 64.0 USD mil in 2015 in Qatar, according to the SIPRI Military Expenditure Database.
This is
16.4 %
more than
in the previous year.

Historically, arms imports at constant USD prices from 1990 in Qatar reached an all time high of 465 USD mil in 1983 and an all time low of 2.00 USD mil in 1968.
When compared to Qatar's main peers, arms imports at constant USD prices from 1990
in Bahrain amounted to 44.0 USD mil, 22.0 USD mil in Iran, 1,911 USD mil in Saudi Arabia and 1,642 USD mil in United Arab Emirates in 2015.

Qatar has been ranked 60th within the group of 134 countries we follow in terms of arms imports at constant USD prices from 1990.

Arms transfers cover the supply of military weapons through sales, aid, gifts, and those made through manufacturing licences.

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Arms transfers cover the supply of military weapons through sales, aid, gifts, and those made through manufacturing licences. The data cover major conventional weapons such as aircraft, armoured vehicles, artillery, radar systems, missiles, and ships designed for military use. Transfers of other military equipment, such as small arms and light weapons, trucks, light artillery, ammunition and support equipment, technology transfers, and other services are excluded. India, Australia and South Korea were the largest importers of arms in 2010, according to the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute, as they bought arms worth USD 3.3, 1.7 and 1.1 billion each (at 1990 constant prices).